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I agree. You’re full of shit. Sword Art Online was the most popular anime of 2012. You [Sankaku Complex] and SeventhShit [SeventhStyle] probably agreed each other with the most who has no lives but to troll. SeventhShit is worser because they troll others who loves popular anime series.

Probly lost forever at the end of this comment chain, but animation from the stills seriously looks like they just took frames from Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu and editted the girl a bit. Animation style at least looks identical to my eye.

lol, the fanboys here sure are stupid. this is yet another pandering self-insert animu, complete with perfect tsundere waifu. so she’s independent and strong, but then he has to protect her (as seen in previous eps)…??

come on admit already you all think it’s special because you read novel translations first. kindly suck my dick please.

Don’t worry. Next arc is “a knight on the quest to save the princess from an asshole who wanted to make her his waifu”
Just how cliche is that? A plot that has been done to death since middle-age and in children bedtime stories.

Don’t worry. Once the Aincrad arc ends Asuna becomes Princess Peach locked away in Bowser’s Castle for the entirety of the next arc. Because that’s exactly the coolest thing to happen to a decent heroine, am I right?!

I was going to reply you with a serious argument, but then I realised 2 things:
1- It’s sankaku, which means it’s made to cause rage.
2- You’re just some lone guy, that do nothing all day, except for “trolling” (being a kid is probably a better term).
3- I don’t give a fuck about you or how much I said before.

Even though you got really bad rating I agree with you. Most people on the site right now are just butthurt who think that the anime at the moment which have gotten good ratings or are being well praised are cliche and the same and have yet to accept the fact that most of all the “good” animes out there are ideas that have already been done by a manga/LN/VN or even another anime before it.

Doesn’t this anime remind you of when you had a harem of cute girls who were interested in playing sword fighting video games with you? Ahh I can still remember my first cute girl online battle rpg harem. I was the most badass fighter and the cutest, in the whole game, special skills everywhere, I never died, only came close when protecting the most beautiful and powerful girl in the whole game. girls online were always interested in talking to me. And they were all such good pure hearted girls. How could I make a decision when they fought for my love? But it didn’t matter, the most important thing was to clear all 100 levels. without dying. yep..those were the days.

Having read the novels diminishes the joy because I already know the stupid BS reason for why Kirito is the only player with Dual Wielding, but it’s nice to finally see them get to the volume 1 story instead of the endless parade of horrible side-stories.

Next couple of episodes are going to be entertaining and fun, excluding maybe the Yui sidestory when they eventually get to that (since she’s in the opening).

I have a different bone to pick with the logic of this anime. OK, I can accept that it will kill you, and that there is no way to disable it.

BUT, how the fuck did that thing get MADE and SOLD is beyond me. Nobody asked themselves “Hey, why does this thing have enough power to kill someone?” or “Hey, shouldn’t we test every part of this thing that CONNECTS TO YOUR BRAIN?”.

Did you know that the computer your using or the TV you are watching has enough power to kill you. In order to have a VR headset like in SAO you would have to have enough power to run it like any modern computer and that would be enough power to kill you.

Hey!! The kichen knife can stab you and kill you!!! – how they they can sale that?
Hammer!!! can smash you head??!!!
Car has the power to grind you to the bloody pulp… how can we use that thing?!?!?
See? We have a LOT of things that can harm and kill us around, but everyone get used to them, so in future that helmets gona be like this.

The NERV-Gear has a battery power supply that for all intents and purposes appears innoculous–it’s a large battery, but you wouldn’t expect it to have enough effect to cause any real damage. The issue is that the creator arranged for it to “discharge” in the event of tampering/death which specifically fries the motor control portions of the brain stem, and is done in an apparently clever way.

Additionally how the device was released is important, as it was distributed first to those selected for the “closed beta” and then offerred in standard “Dragon Quest-style” release with lines around the block. As this is a piece of advanced technology there’s no real body of limitation preventing the immediate regulation of a new device before its release unless something actually happens, so it’s unlikely given its quick testing period that any government censure would have appeared, especially in Japan.

For a real world analogue please look up articles about EEG headset devices (on sale now) and how it is possible to steal personal information from the raw brainwave data they collect. For plots purposes, the battery can be considered a creative act of maliciousness, and not one a person would normally concieve possible even in the futuristic setting of SA:O, and it IS the future given the medical abilities keeping everyone alive (their hospital beds are made of gel).

He jumps in after the boss had already taken some damage, also i should point out that Kirito was on about 1% health when he lands the final blow. Hes extremely lucky he isn’t dead, one slip up, 1 unlucky crit and he would of been dead.

Since these guys are playing with their own life they normally run with a large safety net( Teleport items, lots of healing items and fighting monsters ~10 levels below them), the average person in this game gets shit scared when their health drops below 50%

Really, you have to pay better attention when watching something. Kirito took a major gamble against a weakened boss with his attack. And he was almost dead in the end. He is solo power-playing the “game” for exactly such situations and it was more than a close call. The boss would have killed him at peak health and strictly one-on-one. The whole situation was way too chaotic for his usual play-style from the beginning.

So wtf is up with the tsundere fanbase. Before people were complaining that SAO was trash and it didnt “follow the good parts” in the light novel. Now it’s being praised all of a sudden? Get the fuck outta here.

While I have not read the novels, I know someone who has and the anime is probably getting praised since it finally got back to the main story (which is good) and finished most of the side stories (which are not so good).

Actually figure out what is going on before you post any more stupid comments.

In reality all these people “trapped” inside a game we’re made to think plays out in real-time would die from bed sores, like Christopher Reeve, long before they could ever finish the game.

And an expanding number of fatalities would give engineers enough samples to figure out how the helmet works, then disable it’s brain boiling microwave unit.

Not to mention the design of the helmet would carry tons of exploit points because PCB layouts are flat, meaning the helmet would be composed of joined PCB pieces, making it much easier to disable.

Then we have to believe that batteries no larger than a pair of AA batteries can power a microwave unit. And do it in such a way to generate enough energy to boil the brain in a matter of seconds. I don’t know about you, but my 1000watt microwave still takes over 1:30 to boil a cup of water.

The whole concept is broken by design. Meaning either the author is an idiot or the whole thing is a scam, with one massive disappointing ending where everyone is still alive at the end.

Indeed, it’s just a helmet. Even a complicated bomb can be fused by dismantling it carefully. I don’t see how they can’t loosen the screw or slit open the surface carefully, and toy with the inside in order to these HAO players.

SA:O takes place in a future setting and technology is more or less sci-fi advanced. I mean this should be fairly obvious given the super-VR headsets that hijack brainwaves? I mean I know of EEG headsets but I can’t really imagine anything like the NERV-Gear hitting with present day tech, can you?

And just for a case in point example (because this is a valid concern), players don’t have bed sores because they’re specifically shown later on to be sleeping in some kind of ballistic gel substance that the author explains as some kind of medical substance specifically designed to prevent them (which is actually a pretty clever idea).

Boiling a cup of water is raising from 21C to 100C + turning a bit to vapor. So that’s close to 80C delta T + additional enthalpy of vaporization to change some of the water from a liquid phase at 100C to its vapor phase.

You don’t need to raise the brain to 100C to destroy its function. Probably something beyond a high fever would do the job. I would guess 45C to 50C range. Since the body is at 37C, that’s about 8C to 12C delta.

It is easier to fabricate, but a PCB doesn’t have to be flat. You can also have rigid-flex PCB to conform to the contour of the head. You see a lot of those in small electronics such as cameras etc.

Your brain is more complex than a ‘cup of water’. Put something with a complex brain (kitten, puppy or infant) in a microwave and see how long it takes for the delicate and intricate nerves to become disabled.

the concenpt of the anime have its shortcomings, and after the 1st epsoide, I expected the full anime to finish in less then 48 hours (anime world time).

any way, if you accept the anime’s world, you might be able to enjoy it. After all, how many soldiers do you know in real life who managed to win a war all by themselives and killed more then 1000 enemy soldiers in few days?

I’m sure Elaine Esposito case refutes that. Having been in a coma for 37 years… Whose the idiot now? And she wasn’t even cared for in a hospital but instead a bed between the 30s and 70s. Also what do you know of batteries, microwave and, consumer electronic design in the year 2022 or health care?

An anomaly is just that, an anomaly. Sorry kid, but one out of how many tens of thousands does not prove shit. And you’re an idiot for thinking it does. We’re talking 10,000 people (at peek) “trapped” in an induced coma, for years.

Do you even know anyone who’s a quadriplegic or in a long term coma? I didn’t think so. My cousin broke his neck in a motorcycle accident and after a couple years died of bed sores. Just like Reeve, as a quadriplegic he remained as active as could be.

Pretty sure we’re capable of having AA sized batteries with quite a bit more capacity than 1,5 volts today. and techonolgy doubles every second year, meaning 10 years from now it would have doubled 2^5 -> 32 times.

So assuming our maximum is 1,5v for an AA battery in 10 years it could be 48v.

Very good story? Oh, you are just being sarcastic. I actually enjoy the episodes, no small thanks to the amount of focus on the main couple, but I do wish the story was actually at least decent and above all more coherent, to justify the jolly good animation and occasional interesting characters.

What would you define as a “decent” story then? The premise of the story is well known and there’s enough personal drama for all characters involved. It also sticks rather faithfully to the novel material, although no adaptation can ever truly grasp the full extent of the base material. There’s simply not enough effective animation time to cover everything.

And yes, this show actually gets a surprising amount of quality done. That’s already surprising, considering the overall decline in animation quality and finances these days.

different people have different opinions. I do find the story interesting.

Keep in mind that the story is just showing the daily lives of people who are stuck in a MMORPG. There really shouldn’t be much, other than showing their daily lives! And the quests they have to under take.

If we followed the novel volume 1 then it wouldn’t have been so random.
Intro>2 year skip(like all the stories that happened before?Skip it.)> Rabbit>Party with Asuna(not the Ep2 one this the one later)>Dual Blades>etc.
Episode 1>Episode 8>etc. was basically volume 1

If the story is like flipping pages in a journal then it probably is.The author wrote it as a web novel originally and ended(completed)the story.It was only later on that he/she got published officially(so stories will seem that way,also since it was a webnovel the author was bound to make fun side stories).

If only they’d concentrate on keeping the story tied together and not randomly sticking parts of the story in there as if they were flipping pages in a journal/diary… Doesn’t have to perfectly tie together, but all the random stories in between the actual story progression eps are too much. It’s like trying trying to watch episodes of Naruto/Bleach with all those fillers spread around like wildfire.

have u seen Total Recall? 2012.
that memory creator or that stuff at the beginning of the film ‘ve got the same functionality as the haedset from SAO i think.
if neurologic’s scientist do their best in understanding our brain they’ll come to the idea of that headset

Lol look at all these comments and ratings all the one’s who have gotten a good rating are just those who don’t like the series and just want to bitch about it. Why the hell are you people even looking at this post if you all hate it so much?

This chinese shit sucks, American cartoon is way better. These drawings looks like 3years old! You dog eating chinese shouldn’t even exist! America will always be NO.1, Apple just sue the hell out of your sorry Samsung chinese ass! America FTW!

So, from reading your comment, Asia = China??? First of all, this is a Japanese Anime, and the animation is done with Korean studio. Second, Samsung Chinese?? Last time I checked Samsung is Korean. And Apple won against Samsung Mobile Division USA, but lost in Asian territory. Please, update your info before commenting stupid things…

What are you saying, We Americans shouldn’t be supporting these chineses shit, get them hell out of our country, America No#1. Serve them right if those shitty chinese companies falls under American companies feet.

Shut up trolls, We Americans rules SankakuComplex, fuk you all chinese. The main reason behind the existence of SankakuComplex is the compilation of the All stupid things Asian do for us Americans to laugh our ass off! These low grades dog eating pigs shouldn’t even exist. We American are the superior beings, look how Apple beats that shitty samsung asian company’s ass! America NO#1, we’re all fellow americans here that why we rule this placee, majority wins. So shut up you asian trolls!

You’re the troll here, you chinises supporting American wanna be, STFU, Americans are the Smartest in the world, that’s why we Rule this Forum, All the Post here about those chinese shenanigans are just laughs to show how stupid they are, no need to get serious about it. This Cartoon in this post is to show how bad their cartoon was compared to our American cartoons, SpongeBob FTW Justin Bieber sings 10x better than that shitty Oppa shit.